What is the medical term for a person with the tendency to lie?

Question

you call persons with a tendency to steal "cleptomaniacs". What is the medical term for a person with the tendency to lie?

Answer 1

Mythomaniac
Pathological Liar

In psychology, mythomania (also known as pseudologia fantastica or pathological lying) is a condition involving compulsive lying by a person with no obvious motivation. The affected person might believe their lies to be truth, and may have to create elaborate myths to reconcile them with other facts. Among famous mythomaniacs in history was King Frederik VII of Denmark.

A pathological liar is someone who often embellishes his or her stories in a way that he or she believes will impress people. It may be that a pathological liar is different from a normal liar in that a pathological liar believes the lie he or she is telling to be true—at least in public—and is "playing" the role. He or she sometimes is seen to have a serious mental problem that needs to be rectified.

It is not clear, however, that this is the case. It could also be that pathological liars know precisely what they are doing. Confused hashes of history and wishes are called confabulation. "Pathological liar" is a synonym for symptoms.

Even though pathological lying is not recognized as a clinical disorder, legal court cases often require that you prove that the defendant is aware that he or she is lying. This proof is most important in cases of slander and/or liability. Pathological liars often actually convince themselves that they are telling the truth, which in turn can alter polygraph tests and other questioning.

When caught in a lie, pathological liars tend to become hostile or try to disregard the fact they lied; often playing it off as a joke.

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First and foremost, if you even suspect this is true, make the quickest and safest exit you possibly can from this situation. But sadly for many, if they had the capacity to follow that, they would have never gotten into the situation to begin with. But from a purely academic perspective, there are a few indicators which serve well as warnings. 1. Pathological lying. The inability to differentiate between reality and a fixated desire. 2. A complete inability to be empathic of the needs and emotions of others. 3. A persistent belligerent and abusive assault on any who disagree with them. 4. A predefined description of another's existence from which departure is not allowed. There are more, but these are enough for any sensible person to act upon. But as I said above, if a person ignored (denied) the signals of behavior when entering the relationship, chances are small they will overcome that denial and free themselves from it. I've already had one close friend murdered by her child's father, being fully aware of the violence that person was capable of, and had clearly demonstrated. Now, I realize there is nothing that anyone can do for another to enlighten them. A person is either committed to truthfulness, or they're not. If you're not committed to truthfulness, you won't require it from those around you either. More often than not, we are deceived because we choose to be. The unrealistic belief in another's ability to change, is the primary reason why you choose to get into the relationship to begin with. That is the first step of denial, and typically fatal. Shingoshi Dao 2007.Nov.12 Mon, 14:58 --800 (PST)

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What is the medical term for a person with the tendency to lie?
you call persons with a tendency to steal "cleptomaniacs". What is the medical term for a person with the tendency to lie?

Answer 5

Habitual Liar Synonym

Answer 6

Mythomanic and Pathological Liar.

Answer 7

Politician

Answer 8

There are several conditions that include what someone else referred to as a "pathological liar."

Conduct disorder
Oppositional/Defiant disorder
Anti-social personality disorder (sociopath)

Answer 9

Isn't that person called a pathological liar? I'm not sure.

Answer 10

either pathological or compulsive liar,,,